Xela - The Divine

"Now those that dwell in a corrupt body,
like those who sail in an old
ship, do not lie on their back, but are
ever praying, stretching their
hands to God."

I'll let Experimedia explain:

"Church bells chime and rattle through the record's first piece, echoing and distorting through a fog of chattering voices and prayers. Tape loops stumble over tape loops and the solemn, ecclesiastical drone slowly decomposes into thick, crackling noise. Through the mists choirs sing, heralding the introduction of the second side of "The Divine" which takes the human voice into cavernous and smudged, yet strangely alluring territories. There is almost a Basinski-like charm to this work as the choirs effortlessly degrade into an unrecognisable mud of harmony and abrasiveness. This is music informed by a religious world; Xela has edged from the scriptures of cults and secret societies to the spires of organisation and power. God is in the detail."

Highly recommend for anyone into noise/drone/ambient.

DL 

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